Triples Records

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book full of baseball milestones for triples — including career marks, single season plateaus and game related records.
"Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness - and there's a big difference." - Hall of Famer / American League Career Leader for Triples Ty Cobb
Triples Records

Career Records
Record Lg Name(s) Team(s) Data

Most
In A Career
(Top 100)

 AL

Ty Cobb

Detroit

284

295

Philadelphia

11
NL

Honus Wagner

Louisville

20

252

Pittsburgh

232
ML

Sam Crawford

Cincinnati

60

309

Detroit

249

Most
In A Career
With Bases Loaded

 AL

Shano Collins

Chicago

8

8

Boston

0
NL

Stan Musial

St. Louis

7

7
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Single Season Records
Record Lg Name(s) Team(s) Data

Fewest
By The League Leader
(Year-by-Year)

 AL

Del Unser

Washington

8

1969
NL

Johnny Callison

Philadelphia

10

1969

Steve Finley

Arizona

2003

Rafael Furcal

Atlanta

2003

Jimmy Rollins

Philadelphia

2002

Willie Davis

Los Angeles

1962

Dickie Thon

Houston

1982

Bill Virdon

Pittsburgh

1962

Maury Wills

Los Angeles

1962

Most
In A Season
(Top 100)

 AL

Sam Crawford

Detroit

26

1914

Joe Jackson

Cleveland

1912
NL

Chief Wilson

Pittsburgh

36

1912

Most
In A Season
By A Lefthander

 AL

Sam Crawford

Detroit

26

1914

Joe Jackson

Cleveland

1912
NL

Chief Wilson

Pittsburgh

36

1912

Most
In A Season
By A Righthander

 AL

Bill Bradley

Cleveland

22

1903

Birdie Cree

New York

1911

Snuffy Stirnweiss

New York

1945
NL

Perry Werden

St. Louis

29

1893

Most
In A Season
By A Rookie

 AL

Joe Cassidy

Washington

19

1904
NL

Jimmy Williams

Pittsburgh

27

1899

Most
In A Season
By A Switch-Hitter

 AL

Willie Wilson

Kansas City

21

1985
NL

George Davis

New York

26

1893

Most At-Bats
In A Season
Without A Triple

 AL

Miguel Tejada

Oakland

662

2002
NL

Sammy Sosa

Chicago

643

1998

Most Consecutive Seasons
Leading The League
(Year-by-Year)

 AL

Lance Johnson

Chicago

4

1991-1994
NL

Garry Templeton

St. Louis

3

1977-1979

Most Seasons
Leading The League
(Year-by-Year)

 AL

Sam Crawford

Detroit

5

5

Willie Wilson

Kansas City

5

5
NL

Stan Musial

St. Louis

5

5
ML

Sam Crawford

Cincinnati

1

6

Detroit

5
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Game Records
Record Lg Name(s) Team(s) Data

Most
In A Game

 AA

George Strief

Philadelphia

4

 06-25-1885
AL

Too Many To List

-

3

 -
NL

Bill Joyce

New York

4

 05-18-1897

Most
In First Game Ever

 AL

Ed Irvin

Detroit

2

 05-18-1912

Roy Weatherly

Cleveland

 06-27-1936
NL

Willie McCovey

San Francisco

2

 07-30-1959

John Sipin

San Diego

 05-24-1969

Most
In An Inning

AA

Harry Stovey

Philadelphia

2

08-18-1884

8th Inning

Harry Wheeler

Cincinnati

07-28-1882

11th Inning

AL

Gil Coan

Washington

2

04-21-1951

6th Inning

Al Zarilla

St. Louis

07-13-1946

4th Inning

NL

Bill Dahlen

Brooklyn

2

08-30-1900

8th Inning

Buck Freeman

Boston

07-25-1900

1st Inning

Joe Hornung

Boston

05-06-1882

8th Inning

Heinie Peitz

St. Louis

07-02-1895

1st Inning

Frank Shugart

Louisville

07-30-1895

5th Inning

Cory Sullivan

Colorado

04-09-2006

5th Inning

Curt Walker

Cincinnati

07-22-1926

2nd Inning
Record Lg Name(s) Team(s) Data

Triples Records


On September 22, 1903 Mike Donlin of Cincinnati became the first and only National League player to hit four triples during a doubleheader. In the American Association Billy Hamilton also had four (setting the first record that Donlin tied) during a doubleheader on June 28, 1889, but not one American League player has ever duplicated this unique three-bag feat.

In 1905 Dave Brain of the St. Louis Cardinals became the first and only player to hit three triples in one game two different times during the same season.

Chief Wilson of the Pittsburgh Pirates is the only player in Major League history to hit at least one triple in five consecutive games and the dates were June 17th (one triple), 18th (one triple), 19th (one triple), 20th (one triple in game 1), and 20th (two triples in game 2) 1912.
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